#FCB8D0 is a soft, warm red. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #FCB8D0 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FCB8D0 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Cherry Blossom sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
This palette keeps Cherry Blossom as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Cherry Blossom anchors this café scheme as the warm mid-tone, lifted by latte cream and a muted sage accent and grounded by espresso brown and a warm charcoal.
Cherry Blossom opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Cherry Blossom is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Cherry Blossom carrying the quiet middle.
How #FCB8D0 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #FCB8D0 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FCB8D0;
--color-base-rgb: 252 184 208;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(85.2% 0.084 356.1);
--color-50: #FEF0F5;
--color-100: #FDD8E5;
--color-200: #FCB1CB;
--color-300: #F37CA6;
--color-400: #E54D82;
--color-500: #CB2962;
--color-600: #9A2850;
--color-700: #6D223C;
--color-800: #471A2A;
--color-900: #2B121B;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cherry-blossom: {
50: '#FEF0F5',
100: '#FDD8E5',
200: '#FCB1CB',
300: '#F37CA6',
400: '#E54D82',
500: '#CB2962',
600: '#9A2850',
700: '#6D223C',
800: '#471A2A',
900: '#2B121B',
},
}
$base: #FCB8D0; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF0F5; $base-100: #FDD8E5; $base-200: #FCB1CB; $base-300: #F37CA6; $base-400: #E54D82; $base-500: #CB2962; $base-600: #9A2850; $base-700: #6D223C; $base-800: #471A2A; $base-900: #2B121B; $base-hover: #F86297; $base-subtle: #FCECF1;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FCB8D0",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF0F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8E5",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCB1CB",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F37CA6",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E54D82",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#CB2962",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9A2850",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6D223C",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#471A2A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B121B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}